Essential Teachings Special:Finding Peace; Accepting What Is
Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings
Oprah
4.6 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Finding peace, accepting what is. |
| 0:04.0 | In this episode, Eckhart talks with a live audience, he says, |
| 0:08.0 | the world is not here to make us happy. |
| 0:11.0 | It's here to make us conscious. |
| 0:14.0 | So if we are looking for fulfillment in a particular relationship, |
| 0:17.0 | job, or life circumstances, we may find disappointment instead. We find peace when we let go of the |
| 0:25.5 | demand that people and situations should fulfill us. When we accept what is, it becomes possible to find |
| 0:33.5 | freedom in the here and now. The world is not here to make you happy. |
| 0:40.3 | If you believe the world is here to make you happy, |
| 0:43.3 | you are in for a lot of frustration. |
| 0:45.3 | Because then believe that your relationship is meant to make you happy. |
| 0:49.3 | Then you believe that whoever you are with, |
| 0:52.3 | boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, meant to make you |
| 0:56.2 | happy. |
| 0:57.2 | And you believe the place where you live is meant to be totally satisfying. |
| 1:01.0 | The place where you work is meant to be totally satisfying is meant to make you happy. |
| 1:05.5 | So then you believe that any condition, any place, any person, any situation |
| 1:11.4 | is meant to make you happy. |
| 1:13.1 | And if it doesn't make you happy, |
| 1:14.5 | there is something wrong. |
| 1:17.4 | That is an erroneous belief. |
| 1:19.5 | The world is not here to make you happy. |
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